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McCain: An Amazing Douche

TUESDAY JUNE 10 2008 6:00 AM

Submitted by FearTheReaper. Edited By erin_broadley.

TAGS: John McCain, GI Bill

John McCain is an insanely rich man. Johnny and his wife own eight houses. That’s pretty sweet. How many houses do you own? The wife is an heiress to the third largest Budweiser distributor in America. The company is worth $300 million, which makes Cindy McCain worth a sweet $100 million.


As heiress to her father's stake in Hensley & Co. of Phoenix, Cindy McCain is an executive whose worth may exceed $100 million. Her beer earnings have afforded the GOP presidential nominee a wealthy lifestyle with a private jet and vacation homes at his disposal, and her connections helped him launch his political career — even if the millions remain in her name alone.


Wow. A private jet. That’s some serious common-man shit right there. And just like most guys, the family owns a piece of a major league baseball team.


Cindy and her children own a minority stake in the Arizona Diamondbacks.


Groovy. I’ve bought a few baseball tickets, so we’ve got quite a bit in common. Oh, and Johnny likes to entertain the press at his modest estate.


John McCain held a barbecue recently for reporters at a two-story cabin near Sedona, Ariz., that sits on 15 acres owned by his wife's family trust and a real estate partnership in her name. The property includes four single-family homes and is worth nearly $1.8 million.


Of course, the majority of this information was released with Grandpa’s tax return information to the press. John apparently lives on a paltry salary.


McCain's Senate salary and book royalties amounted to $215,304 in 2006 and $258,800 in 2007. In 2006, the senator paid $72,771 in federal taxes and $84,460 in 2007.


They probably use his salary to tip the staff.

Now, you’re probably wondering why I’m bringing up the incredible wealth of Mr. and Mrs. McCain. It’s no crime to be rich, even if you keep calling your opponent an “Elitist.” Well, what about a guy whose family is worth over $100 million who is taking yearly Navy benefits of $58,358?

That’s how much McCain took in last year for injuries incurred as a Vietnam POW. He sort of forgot to list it in the tax return he released to the media, but that’s probably because the benefits not taxed. How sweet is that? Fifty-eight thousand tax free. Might actually mean something if he wasn’t a crazy rich millionaire.


On Monday, McCain's staff identified the retirement benefit as a "disability pension" and said that McCain "was retired as disabled because of his limited body movements due to injuries as a POW."


His body is so “limited” that he hiked the Grand Canyon in 2006. Actually, his staff described him as “technically disabled," the poor bastard. Actually, McCain did experience some horrible injuries. When his plane went down, he had a broken leg and two broken arms. The Vietnamese then hung him from his broken leg for a while, which is totally not cool. Maybe that was why Johnny sung like a bird when he was in captivity – after a whole 13 days.

McCain was shot down on October 26th, 1967. By November 9th, he was giving interviews to foreign correspondents, providing information on his prior command, casualties and tactics, which is kind of in direct violation of the Military Code of Conduct. But, hey, he was tortured. He spent 5 ½ years as a POW. I’m sure some of you are saying the guy deserves the cash.

He would, if he wasn’t a hypocritical douche. See, Senators Jim Webb and Chuck Hagel wrote a new GI bill last year that would increase troop college education benefits. Considering how royally we are fucking over our troops, it’s pretty much a no brainer to increase their education benefits.

Well, not for “58K A Year McCain.” Even though Webb practically begged him to support the bill, McCain opposed it.


Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, seemed to give a thumbs down to bipartisan legislation that would greatly expand educational benefits for members of the military returning from Iraq and Afghanistan under the GI Bill.

McCain’s opposition comes a day after petitions from 30,000 veterans arrived at McCain’s Senate office, urging him to support the modernized bill to offer veterans a college education.


Nice. He didn’t even bother to show up for the vote. See, he knows what it is like to be a soldier. Like most soldiers, he returned home, divorced his model wife because she had become fat and married a multi-millionaire. Now he collects a sweet 58 thousand a year while opposing a needed increase in education benefits.



So, why does McCain oppose the bill? It’s actually the most disgusting reason you could think up.


I want to make sure that we have incentives for people to remain in the military as well as for people to join the military.


John doesn’t want to give soldiers incentive to leave the military. The Pentagon is opposed to the bill – and Bush will veto it – because…


Officials in charge of Pentagon personnel worry that a more generous and expansive GI Bill would create an incentive for troops to get out of the military and go to college.


Oh, the horror. We can’t have that, now can we? So, every time you look at McCain, think about how that millionaire is taking in $58,000 a year, tax free, while opposing an increase in education benefits for our soldiers, because it will keep them stuck in the military.

McCain is a class A cunt.

 

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Hooraydiation

Hooraydiation

Boston, MA
October 2005

JUN 10, 2008 07:48 PM

Rude_Ruca said:

Hooraydiation said:

Whoa, whoa whoa, there, 'brosa....sheesh....and my statement must carry SOME weight, or your beloved messiah wouldn't have resorted to recruiting ex-military personnel as his VP. And, no, my assertion was situational. My god! Do you always assume everyone is making generalizations ALL of the time.....must be a lawyer thing whatever



But he hasn't picked an ex-military person as his VP yet, and the majority of the people on his shortlist for VP have no significant military experience.



Heh, well, and from my posting on this, I am sure you already know what I am going to say to that: He really should and he probably will.



Well, if he does, I hope he picks someone whose experience actually lends itself to making the sort of informed decisions McCain pretends he's capable of making.

Rude_Ruca

Rude_Ruca

I'm lost
December 2004

JUN 10, 2008 07:51 PM

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Subrosa said:

Rude_Ruca said:
Whoa, whoa whoa, there, 'brosa....sheesh....and my statement must carry SOME weight, or your beloved messiah wouldn't have resorted to recruiting ex-military personnel as his VP.


Please point to where I said that military experience was not valuable. Moreover, if you'd bothered to read past the headlines, Obama is looking at military and non-military personnel. So, yeah. That means absolutely nothing. If he picks a military guy, great. If he doesn't, great. I certainly have faith that he's going to be a far better Commander in Chief than McCain would be for the simple fact that he's never voted for or supported completely nonsensical, destructive and illegal wars. The Sunni-Shiite thing is just icing on the proverbial cake, if you will.

And, no, my assertion was situational. My god! Do you always assume everyone is making generalizations ALL of the time.....must be a lawyer thing whatever


I don't know if it's a "lawyer thing" or not, but your "given our current and potential military situations" caveat could pretty well be said about all three of those non-military guys I listed too. There were some pretty big wars then too, ya know.

My point is not that Obama is better than McCain because he didn't serve in the military. My point is that your reasons for slagging Obama in comparison to McCain in this thread are silly. If you want to vote for McCain, by all means go right ahead. But if you're going to make a case for your guy, don't be surprised when people challenge you on your reasoning.



Rude_Ruca said:Wow, shocker....wasn't surprised by that reply AT ALL.....and no, I didn't vote for W. I knew it wouldn't have mattered anyway, because I live in Maryland, a traditionally democratic state, and Kerry won here anyway. I wrote in Colin Powell, actually. I have been hoping for him for a while. biggrin


Subrosa said:Uh huh.



I have wanted that man to run and WIN the presidency since before I could vote. I have always admired him. But, thanks for attempting to discredit the sincerity of that, anyway. whatever

Coyotemike

Coyotemike

Kearney, NE
May 2006

JUN 10, 2008 07:58 PM

Rude_Ruca said:

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Subrosa said:

Rude_Ruca said:
Whoa, whoa whoa, there, 'brosa....sheesh....and my statement must carry SOME weight, or your beloved messiah wouldn't have resorted to recruiting ex-military personnel as his VP.


Please point to where I said that military experience was not valuable. Moreover, if you'd bothered to read past the headlines, Obama is looking at military and non-military personnel. So, yeah. That means absolutely nothing. If he picks a military guy, great. If he doesn't, great. I certainly have faith that he's going to be a far better Commander in Chief than McCain would be for the simple fact that he's never voted for or supported completely nonsensical, destructive and illegal wars. The Sunni-Shiite thing is just icing on the proverbial cake, if you will.

And, no, my assertion was situational. My god! Do you always assume everyone is making generalizations ALL of the time.....must be a lawyer thing whatever


I don't know if it's a "lawyer thing" or not, but your "given our current and potential military situations" caveat could pretty well be said about all three of those non-military guys I listed too. There were some pretty big wars then too, ya know.

My point is not that Obama is better than McCain because he didn't serve in the military. My point is that your reasons for slagging Obama in comparison to McCain in this thread are silly. If you want to vote for McCain, by all means go right ahead. But if you're going to make a case for your guy, don't be surprised when people challenge you on your reasoning.



Rude_Ruca said:Wow, shocker....wasn't surprised by that reply AT ALL.....and no, I didn't vote for W. I knew it wouldn't have mattered anyway, because I live in Maryland, a traditionally democratic state, and Kerry won here anyway. I wrote in Colin Powell, actually. I have been hoping for him for a while. biggrin


Subrosa said:Uh huh.



I have wanted that man to run and WIN the presidency since before I could vote. I have always admired him. But, thanks for attempting to discredit the sincerity of that, anyway. whatever



He has the taint of Bush on him, even worse than McCain.

RudieCantFail

RudieCantFail

Intercourse, PA
January 2006

JUN 10, 2008 07:59 PM

coyotemike said:
He has the taint of Bush on him, even worse than McCain.



taint

*giggle*

Rude_Ruca

Rude_Ruca

I'm lost
December 2004

JUN 10, 2008 08:02 PM

coyotemike said:

Rude_Ruca said:

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Subrosa said:

Rude_Ruca said:
Whoa, whoa whoa, there, 'brosa....sheesh....and my statement must carry SOME weight, or your beloved messiah wouldn't have resorted to recruiting ex-military personnel as his VP.


Please point to where I said that military experience was not valuable. Moreover, if you'd bothered to read past the headlines, Obama is looking at military and non-military personnel. So, yeah. That means absolutely nothing. If he picks a military guy, great. If he doesn't, great. I certainly have faith that he's going to be a far better Commander in Chief than McCain would be for the simple fact that he's never voted for or supported completely nonsensical, destructive and illegal wars. The Sunni-Shiite thing is just icing on the proverbial cake, if you will.

And, no, my assertion was situational. My god! Do you always assume everyone is making generalizations ALL of the time.....must be a lawyer thing whatever


I don't know if it's a "lawyer thing" or not, but your "given our current and potential military situations" caveat could pretty well be said about all three of those non-military guys I listed too. There were some pretty big wars then too, ya know.

My point is not that Obama is better than McCain because he didn't serve in the military. My point is that your reasons for slagging Obama in comparison to McCain in this thread are silly. If you want to vote for McCain, by all means go right ahead. But if you're going to make a case for your guy, don't be surprised when people challenge you on your reasoning.



Rude_Ruca said:Wow, shocker....wasn't surprised by that reply AT ALL.....and no, I didn't vote for W. I knew it wouldn't have mattered anyway, because I live in Maryland, a traditionally democratic state, and Kerry won here anyway. I wrote in Colin Powell, actually. I have been hoping for him for a while. biggrin


Subrosa said:Uh huh.



I have wanted that man to run and WIN the presidency since before I could vote. I have always admired him. But, thanks for attempting to discredit the sincerity of that, anyway. whatever



He has the stain of Bush on him, even worse than McCain.



GAH! I know....the list of things about Bush that I can actually say ::gulps:: is....ummm, noteworthy is very tiny (I am Pro independence for Israel, so I can say that Bush has had his VERY limited moments where he has gotten my attention in a positive way, I appreciate his consistency with that issue.) I still feel very dirty saying that.... blackeyed

Rude_Ruca

Rude_Ruca

I'm lost
December 2004

JUN 10, 2008 08:04 PM

lithocarpus said:

Rude_Ruca said:

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Subrosa said:

Rude_Ruca said:
Whoa, whoa whoa, there, 'brosa....sheesh....and my statement must carry SOME weight, or your beloved messiah wouldn't have resorted to recruiting ex-military personnel as his VP.


Please point to where I said that military experience was not valuable. Moreover, if you'd bothered to read past the headlines, Obama is looking at military and non-military personnel. So, yeah. That means absolutely nothing. If he picks a military guy, great. If he doesn't, great. I certainly have faith that he's going to be a far better Commander in Chief than McCain would be for the simple fact that he's never voted for or supported completely nonsensical, destructive and illegal wars. The Sunni-Shiite thing is just icing on the proverbial cake, if you will.

And, no, my assertion was situational. My god! Do you always assume everyone is making generalizations ALL of the time.....must be a lawyer thing whatever


I don't know if it's a "lawyer thing" or not, but your "given our current and potential military situations" caveat could pretty well be said about all three of those non-military guys I listed too. There were some pretty big wars then too, ya know.

My point is not that Obama is better than McCain because he didn't serve in the military. My point is that your reasons for slagging Obama in comparison to McCain in this thread are silly. If you want to vote for McCain, by all means go right ahead. But if you're going to make a case for your guy, don't be surprised when people challenge you on your reasoning.



Rude_Ruca said:Wow, shocker....wasn't surprised by that reply AT ALL.....and no, I didn't vote for W. I knew it wouldn't have mattered anyway, because I live in Maryland, a traditionally democratic state, and Kerry won here anyway. I wrote in Colin Powell, actually. I have been hoping for him for a while. biggrin


Subrosa said:Uh huh.



I have wanted that man to run and WIN the presidency since before I could vote. I have always admired him. But, thanks for attempting to discredit the sincerity of that, anyway. whatever



Woosh!



No....no woosh! has happened here.... tongue

Subrosa

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA
July 2004

JUN 10, 2008 08:07 PM

Rude_Ruca said:

lithocarpus said:

Rude_Ruca said:

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Subrosa said:

Rude_Ruca said:
Whoa, whoa whoa, there, 'brosa....sheesh....and my statement must carry SOME weight, or your beloved messiah wouldn't have resorted to recruiting ex-military personnel as his VP.


Please point to where I said that military experience was not valuable. Moreover, if you'd bothered to read past the headlines, Obama is looking at military and non-military personnel. So, yeah. That means absolutely nothing. If he picks a military guy, great. If he doesn't, great. I certainly have faith that he's going to be a far better Commander in Chief than McCain would be for the simple fact that he's never voted for or supported completely nonsensical, destructive and illegal wars. The Sunni-Shiite thing is just icing on the proverbial cake, if you will.

And, no, my assertion was situational. My god! Do you always assume everyone is making generalizations ALL of the time.....must be a lawyer thing whatever


I don't know if it's a "lawyer thing" or not, but your "given our current and potential military situations" caveat could pretty well be said about all three of those non-military guys I listed too. There were some pretty big wars then too, ya know.

My point is not that Obama is better than McCain because he didn't serve in the military. My point is that your reasons for slagging Obama in comparison to McCain in this thread are silly. If you want to vote for McCain, by all means go right ahead. But if you're going to make a case for your guy, don't be surprised when people challenge you on your reasoning.



Rude_Ruca said:Wow, shocker....wasn't surprised by that reply AT ALL.....and no, I didn't vote for W. I knew it wouldn't have mattered anyway, because I live in Maryland, a traditionally democratic state, and Kerry won here anyway. I wrote in Colin Powell, actually. I have been hoping for him for a while. biggrin


Subrosa said:Uh huh.



I have wanted that man to run and WIN the presidency since before I could vote. I have always admired him. But, thanks for attempting to discredit the sincerity of that, anyway. whatever



Woosh!



No....no woosh! has happened here.... tongue



Uh huh.

ckdexterhaven

ckdexterhaven

Redding, CA
December 2005

JUN 10, 2008 08:07 PM

Rude_Ruca said:

lithocarpus said:

Rude_Ruca said:

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Subrosa said:

Rude_Ruca said:
Whoa, whoa whoa, there, 'brosa....sheesh....and my statement must carry SOME weight, or your beloved messiah wouldn't have resorted to recruiting ex-military personnel as his VP.


Please point to where I said that military experience was not valuable. Moreover, if you'd bothered to read past the headlines, Obama is looking at military and non-military personnel. So, yeah. That means absolutely nothing. If he picks a military guy, great. If he doesn't, great. I certainly have faith that he's going to be a far better Commander in Chief than McCain would be for the simple fact that he's never voted for or supported completely nonsensical, destructive and illegal wars. The Sunni-Shiite thing is just icing on the proverbial cake, if you will.

And, no, my assertion was situational. My god! Do you always assume everyone is making generalizations ALL of the time.....must be a lawyer thing whatever


I don't know if it's a "lawyer thing" or not, but your "given our current and potential military situations" caveat could pretty well be said about all three of those non-military guys I listed too. There were some pretty big wars then too, ya know.

My point is not that Obama is better than McCain because he didn't serve in the military. My point is that your reasons for slagging Obama in comparison to McCain in this thread are silly. If you want to vote for McCain, by all means go right ahead. But if you're going to make a case for your guy, don't be surprised when people challenge you on your reasoning.



Rude_Ruca said:Wow, shocker....wasn't surprised by that reply AT ALL.....and no, I didn't vote for W. I knew it wouldn't have mattered anyway, because I live in Maryland, a traditionally democratic state, and Kerry won here anyway. I wrote in Colin Powell, actually. I have been hoping for him for a while. biggrin


Subrosa said:Uh huh.



I have wanted that man to run and WIN the presidency since before I could vote. I have always admired him. But, thanks for attempting to discredit the sincerity of that, anyway. whatever



Woosh!



No....no woosh! has happened here.... tongue


Kabooooom!

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We're just sound effects now, right?

Subrosa

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA
July 2004

JUN 10, 2008 08:07 PM

eeek

ckdexterhaven

ckdexterhaven

Redding, CA
December 2005

JUN 10, 2008 08:10 PM

SHAZAAAAAAM!!!

Rude_Ruca

Rude_Ruca

I'm lost
December 2004

JUN 10, 2008 08:21 PM

Psssshhhhht! whatever tongue wink

scylis

scylis

Seattle, WA
November 2004

JUN 10, 2008 08:40 PM

lithocarpus said:

ckdexterhaven said:
SHAZAAAAAAM!!!



WHAMMO!



zoom image

punk

punk

Phoenix, AZ
January 2004

JUN 10, 2008 08:40 PM

Wait wait, and McCain calls Obama an elitist? Because McCain is some kind of every-man?!

scylis

scylis

Seattle, WA
November 2004

JUN 10, 2008 08:43 PM

coyotemike said:
He has the taint of Bush on him, even worse than McCain.



i find that depressing, but it's true. it's like they pretty much had him fall on his sword after he lost the back room battle.

silversoul7

silversoul7

Portland, OR
January 2008

JUN 10, 2008 09:30 PM

Nolan_Void said:
Whether or not he's sold out America while he was a POW, I'm inclined to agree that such a history makes him less qualified to lead our country. How does being a guy who got shot down in a plane, and then tortured by the Vietnamese add up to having a good sense of military strategy and understanding, or a good grasp of foreign policy?


Well, the thing is, one would hope such an experience would make him more sensitive to the horrors of war and especially torture, as well the needs of returning veterans. This, of course, makes his lack of such qualities all the more sad.

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